When her old flame Sam rings up one day and invites her on a villa holiday in Tuscany, Jen is thrown completely off balance. Sam, as she cannot help but recall, was the best kiss of her life, and with her husband Marcus constantly travelling the world for work, and Alfie, their seven-year-old ever in the marital bed, the joys of marriage and motherhood are thin on the ground these days... What could be more appealing than the thought of being with old friends, of recapturing a little bit of their youth? A few weeks later, Jen and Marcus are on a flight to Pisa together with Jen's best friend Tara, and her new husband, Dave, a struggling writer. There's also vain, neurotic Miranda and her fiance Toby; Jack, a successful actor, recently divorced; and Sam - funny, laid-back, sexy Sam ... Everything's set for the holiday of a mid-lifetime: as the week progresses, and the tension rises in the August heat, relationships unravel, parenting goes to pot, and everyone is forced in some way to confront the truth about the path their lives have taken. Seven Days One Summer is a gripping poolside read, a novel which brilliantly captures the potentially toxic atmosphere of a villa holiday. Old friends, plus copious amounts of wine and too much skin on show, can be a dangerous combination ...
